Lasse Pirjetä

Lasse Pirjetä (born April 4, 1974) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward. He represented several teams in the Finnish SM-liiga, Frölunda HC in the Swedish Elitserien and the Columbus Blue Jackets and Pittsburgh Penguins in the NHL.

Lasse Pirjetä
Born (1974-04-04) April 4, 1974
Oulu, Finland
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 225 lb (102 kg; 16 st 1 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for TPS
Frölunda HC
Tappara
HIFK
Kärpät
Columbus Blue Jackets
Pittsburgh Penguins
Kloten Flyers
Malmö Redhawks
Pelicans
National team  Finland
NHL Draft 133rd overall, 2002
Columbus Blue Jackets
Playing career 19912009

Playing career

Pirjetä spent the majority of his first nine years of his professional career playing in his native Finnish league the SM-Liiga. After nominating, Pirjetä was selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets as their fifth-round pick, 133rd overall, in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, as an overage draftee. Pirjetä made the jump to the NHL immediately in 2002–03 season with the Blue Jackets, appearing in 51 games with a solid 21 points. In the following 2003–04 season, Pirjetä struggled to maintain his form from his debut season and was traded by the Blue Jackets, to the Pittsburgh Penguins, for Brian Holzinger on March 10, 2004.[1]

After starting the 2005–06 season with Pittsburgh, he was sent down to the Penguins' AHL team, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on December 15, 2005.[2] After playing only 8 games with Wilkes-Barre on January 20, Pirjetä returned to Europe to play for the Kloten Flyers in the Swiss NLA.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1989–90 Kärpät FIN U20 10000
1990–91 Kärpät FIN U20 43991814 114042
1991–92 Kärpät FIN–2 20000
1991–92 Tacoma Rockets WHL 165274
1992–93 Kärpät FIN U20 2413193234
1992–93 Kärpät FIN–2 204376
1993–94 Kärpät FIN U20 62242 46288
1993–94 TPS SM-l 43991814 114042
1993–94 Kiekko–67 FIN–2 22130
1994–95 TPS FIN U20 10000
1994–95 TPS SM-l 497132064 801129
1995–96 TPS SM-l 4513142734 116394
1996–97 Frölunda HC SEL 501482236 30114
1997–98 Tappara SM-l 4824224620 41122
1998–99 Tappara SM-l 5422194132
1999–00 HIFK SM-l 5418254324 923510
2000–01 HIFK SM-l 5615183320
2001–02 Kärpät SM-l 5515264124 42242
2002–03 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 5111102112
2003–04 Columbus Blue Jackets NHL 57281020
2003–04 Syracuse Crunch AHL 51232
2003–04 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 1366120
2004–05 HIFK SM-l 4516203626 52022
2005–06 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 2543718
2005–06 Wilkes–Barre/Scranton Penguins AHL 81456
2005–06 Kloten Flyers NLA 71232 90222
2006–07 Malmö Redhawks SEL 5410162644
2007–08 Malmö Redhawks SWE–2 44262 103586
2008–09 Pelicans SM-l 70114
SM-l totals 456139167306260 5217102751
NHL totals 14623275050

International

Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
1992 Finland EJC 51342
2002 Finland WC 70000
2003 Finland WC 71010
2004 Finland WC 73032
Junior totals 51342
Senior totals 214042

References

  1. "Playoffs? St. Louis going for it". ESPN. 2004-03-10. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  2. "Penguins recall Oullet; Pirjeta, Talbot demoted". ESPN. 2005-12-15. Retrieved 2009-09-04.


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